Raila: How to beat Covid-19 and revive the economy in five months

ODM leader Raila Odinga [right] making an entrance at the Badala Hall in Mombasa County where he met meeting Muslim clerics during Eid Ul- Adha celebrations.[Robert Menza, Standard]

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga has outlined a plan to beat Covid-19 in a plan that includes lifting restrictions and resuscitating the economy in five months.

Raila's plan includes stimulus packages to cushion Kenyans against the effects of the pandemic and scaling up of Covid-19 vaccination, where some 15 million Kenyans should get the jab as soon as possible.

He said Kazi Mtaani should be expanded to give Kenyans purchasing power to support other sectors of the economy. "If it means Parliament should raise the debt ceiling to enable the government to borrow, so be it. We must spend big to buy vaccines and cushion Kenyans," Raila said.